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“Why we don’t want Gov. El Rufai as speaker at NBA Conference”

Aug 24, 2020Aug 24, 2020 topnews

A petition believed to have been signed by Silas Joseph Onu Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, Ph.D., one of the Conveners of the Nigerian Bar Association’s 2020 conference reads: REQUEST TO WITHDRAW THE OFFER OF PLATFORM AT THE 2020 ANNUAL GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE NIGERIAN BAR ASSOCIATION TO MALLAM NASIR EL-RUFAI We are a collective of lawyers enrolled to practice in Nigeria and have duly subscribed for our Practicing Fees in 2020. We have learnt that the TCCP under your leadership has chosen to invite Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State,…

NUPENG to begin nationwide strike over members’ sack

Aug 21, 2020 topnews

THE alleged unprocedural sack of members by Chevron Nigeria Limited and its service contractors on Wednesday did not go down without controversy. Now, the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, has issued a seven-day nationwide strike notice in solidarity for the sacked workers. The union in a statement said that no fewer than 175 members working in YKISH Integrated Services for the offsite/onsite maintenance services with Chevron Nigeria Limited, Delog Nigeria Ltd and EUROFLOW Services, (all service contractors to Chevron Nigeria Ltd), were sacked through WhatsApp messages…

President Buhari’s nephew, Mamman Daura flown abroad for treatment

Aug 20, 2020Aug 20, 2020 topnews

President Muhammadu Buhari’s nephew, Mamman Daura was flown abroad for an urgent medical treatment, according to reports. “Daura, 79, was said to have been flown in a private jet to the UK on Wednesday after exhibiting respiratory difficulties with symptoms similar to coronavirus since last Friday,” the report read. Daura made the trip at a time the ban imposed on international flights as one of the ways of curtailing further spread of COVID-19 in Nigeria has not been lifted. He is believed to be one of the most powerful allies…

Why father, step-mother locked son for seven years ― Police

Aug 19, 2020 topnews

When the news of 30-year-old Ahmed Aminu broke out on why he was locked up for seven years in a car garage by his father and step-mother. Many wonder what could have led to such inhumane behavior, as the man looked frail, dying of hunger and lack of care even when his biological father is still alive, and also involved in the torture of his son. Facts have however emerged from Kano State Police Public Relation Officer (PPRO), DSP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa. He said the couple allegedly wanted to kill…

China Loan: Reps accuse FG of signing empty repayment documents

Aug 18, 2020 topnews

The Chairman of the House Committee on Treaties, Protocols and Agreements, in the House of Representatives, Hon. Ossai Nicholas Ossai, at a resumed investigative hearing on the review of bilateral loan agreements and commercial contracts agreements by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), said that some of the loans collected by the government were signed even before the terms were negotiated. He accused the federal government officials of signing empty repayment loan documents for the development of the Nigeria’s rail sector even before the terms of the loans were negotiated. The…

Boko Haram destroys telecom facilities in Borno

Aug 17, 2020Aug 17, 2020 topnews

The dreaded Boko Haram terrorists invaded Magumeri Local Government Headquarters of Borno State on Monday and razed down the only functional telecommunications mast before setting ablaze other infrastructural facilities. The insurgents launched attack at about 4 pm, while the military airstrike engaged them, but to no avail, as the terrorists succeeded and infiltrated the Council Headquarters which make it difficult for the airstrike to engage the terrorists amidst innocent civilians. Prior to this attack, some terrorists last week invaded surrounding communities of Magumeri and displaced hundreds of farmers and herders,…

Impounded vehicles gutted by fire at LASTMA office

Aug 14, 2020 topnews

Office of the Lagos State Transport Management Agency(LASTMA) at Oshodi, Lagos has been gutted by fire. The cause of the fire outbreak is still unknown, but fire fighters and the Lagos State Emergency Agency officials are working hard to put out the fire. Reports say the fire started from the compound where impounded vehicles were kept within the yard. No fewer than ten cars and one trailer were said to have been razed by the inferno. As at time of this report, there has been no death recorded, but only…

US former envoy, Walter Carrington dies at age 90

Aug 12, 2020 topnews

Former United States ambassador to Nigeria, Walter Carrington is dead. In a statement by his wife, Arese, “It is with a heavy and broken heart but with gratitude to God for his life of selfless humanity that I announce the passing of my beloved husband Walter Carrington, former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria and Senegal. “He passed away peacefully, surrounded by loved ones at the age of 90 years old on Tuesday, August 11th, 2020. “Further announcements will be made shortly. Walter was a loving husband, father, grandfather, cousin, uncle, friend…

Don’t sow religious strife in Ogun, Muslim group warns MURIC director

Aug 6, 2020 topnews

An Islamic advocacy group, Community of Muslim Professionals (CMP), on Thursday, warned the Director of Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), Professor Ishaq Akintola, to desist from sowing the seeds of religious friction in Ogun State in the bid to promote his own brand of irredentism. CMC described Akintola as a well-known rabble rouser fond of hiding under the guise of Islamic rights advocacy to promote division, sectionalism and religious strife, adding that Muslims in the state, being responsible and progressive individuals, had not at any time given him a mandate to…

Lai Mohammed as a politician cannot regulate broadcasting – former DG, NTA

Aug 6, 2020 topnews

Former Director-General of the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA), Mr. Tonnie Iredia, has said that the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, as a politician cannot regulate broadcasting. According to Iredia, Mohammed is usurping the powers of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). Speaking during a live television programme yesterday, the former NTA DG faulted Mohammed’s involvement in the amendment of the Code of the NBC on Tuesday. The controversial code, which increased fine for hate speech from N500,000 to N5 million, is facing nationwide opposition. Iredia, who is a…